Collar-sorting rack



March so, 1926. 1,579,122

v F. -C. LACKMAN COLLAR SORTING RACK Filed Sept 23 1924 I 61 Ida/JimINVENTOR AITORN EY WITNESS:

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Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

FRED C. LAGKMAN, OF ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

coLnn a -soa'rme RACK.

Application filed September 23, 1924. Serial No. 739,414:

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Be it known-that I, FRED C. vLaotian-xiv, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Asheville, in the county of Buncombe and State ofNorth Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements inCollar-Sorting Racks, of which the following is a specification. o

This invention relates to racks, and has for its object the provision ofa'novel rack device designed primarily for use in laundries for thepurpose of facilitating the sorting of soft collars according to thelaundry marks thereon.

It is well known that the method ordinarily used for assorting softcollars, after they have been laundered, is to spread them all overatable and pick out those having a corresponding mark, an operationwhich requires a large number of unnecessary steps and long reachingfrom place to place about the top of the table or other support.Furthermore, it frequently occurs that mistakes are made in view of thefact that a collar may slip over and become mixed with others in anadjacent pile.

It is with the above facts in view that I have designed the present rackwhich is adapted to be supported upon a table, the floor or other placeand which includes a plurality of rack elements or sections upon whichquite a large number of soft collars may be laid subsequent tolaundering one of the rack elements or supporting members being used foreach different laundry mark, the intention being that a single operatormayset up a plurality of the rack devices in more or less circulararrangement about him and consequently effect sorting of the collars ina very easy and simple manner and with less likelihood of mistakes thanis possible under the ordinary system.

An important object is the provision of a rack device which is adaptedto be folded or collapsed whereby to facilitate storage within a smallspace when use is not desired.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this characterwhich will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, positive in action,eflicient and durable in service, and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, and illusings, I have shown my device ascomprising an elongated support 10 which might be a board or which maybe constructed of any suitable material and which is of any desired sizeand shape. However, this support is here represented as being ofrectangular shape and designed to be mounted in substantially uprightposition. Hinged at 1.1 upon the rear face of this support 10 is a braceor leg 12 which is designed to engage upon the floor, ground or othersurface whereby to hold the support 10 in an upwardly and rearwardlyinclined position as clearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.

Mounted upon the support 10 are rack ele ments or members designatedbroadly by the numeral 13, and each of these members includes a pair ofhorizontally alined arms 14 terminating in or provided with attachingportions 15 which are screwed or otherwise suitably secured to thesupport 10. Each of the arms 14 is of substantially hook shape andincludes an upwardly extending forward portion 16 which has its endcoiled or bent back upon itself as shown at 17 to avoid leaving anysharp corners or edges which might cause injury to a collar engagedthereon. The main portions 18 of the bracket members 14 are preferablyconnected by a metallic or other plate 19 which bridges the twosupporting members 1a in each pair and which has its ends formed withterminal lugs or tongues 20 coiled about the arms 18 of the bracket foreffecting securing.

In the use ofthe device, it is intended that it be set up as shown inFigure 2 and that one of thebracket members 13 be assigned to eachlaundry mark. After the collars have been laundered and sorting thereofis desired, it is readily apparent that the operator may glance at thecollar and ascertain what the laundry mark is, after which the collar isplaced upon the proper rack member 13. These rack members are, in actualpractice, formed sufficiently large to hold approximately ten collars asthis is about the maximum number ordinarily sent in by a singleindividual. However, in case of a particularly large number it isobvious that any desired number of the racks may ue assigned for onelaundry mark.

From the foregoing" description and a study of the drawings, it will beapparent that I have thus provided a Yer) simply const-ructed andinexpensivedevice for the purpose specified which will greatlyfacilitate the sorting of coliars in laundries or other places, thedevice saving a great deal of time, laborflind annoyance inasmuch as'theYork is tacilitated in ei'ery respect.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of theinvention it should he understood that I reservethe right to make suchchanges in the fOllflfCOllStlUC- tion and arrangement of parts as willnot depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of thesuhjoined claim.

Having thus described the invention, I

FRED C. LACKMA Y.

